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Michelle Donelan also distances herself from Jeremy Clarkson's views on Meghan Markle but says she is 'a believer of freedom of speech'

Over at The Dispatch, I have a new piece on Hamline University and its academic freedom struggles. Here's a taste: In an extremely competitive field, Hamline University is making a bold bid to be the new standard-bearer for universities willing to cast aside principles of academic freedom and freedom of…

From FIRE's letter sent yesterday to the Higher Learning Commission (which is Hamline's accrediting agency, "a regional accreditation agency that accredits degree granting institutions of higher education that are based in the 19-state North Central region of the United States"): To the Higher Learning Commission: As a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated…

Freedom of speech is forever embattled. That is its nature. Easy to assent to in the abstract, the principle becomes more challenging when the speech at issue assails one’s most cherished values. Polls over the years have consistently reflected this dynamic. “Of course I support freedom of speech,” respondents say,…

They both vote Labour and agree on Brexit – but what about freedom of speech and cancel culture?

The civil society in India has shrunk in both size and scope. But who is to blame? What is the role of the media in this phenomenon? Will the increasingly symbiotic relationship between governments and corporations allow for meaningful freedom of speech and action? 

OfS expected to gain new powers to regulate freedom of speech issues in England

Voices for Liberty: Free Speech, Civil Rights & Social Progress Submission: December 31, 2022 — 5 p.m. EST Priority Deadline Paper proposals must be submitted by December 31, 2022, for full consideration and will be considered after the priority deadline on a rolling basis. All proposals should include a summary…

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that threatens to open the door widely to businesses being allowed to violate anti-discrimination laws. If the court rules that the First Amendment protects the right of business owners to discriminate — based on claims of freedom of…

The United States has an alarming problem: civic negligence. The signs of civic decline and decay are all around us – threats of extremist violence, book bans and legislative efforts to restrict honest discussions of history in schools. Renewing schools as civic spaces will require ending punitive testing policies to…

As the BBC prepares to air her hard-hitting Reith Lecture, the celebrated author of Half of a Yellow Sun talks about truth, trans rights and our ‘misogyny-drenched’ planet. Plus: read an extract